When 5th-grader Karin, her high-school brother, Bern, and several other students and their teachers lock themselves inside the high school's gymnasium, the true horror of a viral epidemic unfolding outside their barricaded door is only beginning to become clear. In this short tale, Lord of the Flies meets 28 Days Later as, one by one, grown-ups abandon children to their fates. Desperate and terrified, the kids scrabble their resources together in...

A compilation of brief summaries of approximately thirteen contemporary novels, illustrated with infographics for easy consumption, and bearing Spark's TL;DR (Too Long; Didn't Read) brand. Chapters in this volume consist of six-page summaries of well-known contemporary novels illustrated with four-color infographics and organized in thematic groupings: "If This Goes On" (e.g., Fahrenheit 451, The Handmaid's Tale); "Made in America" (e.g., The Great...

They are the last children on Earth...and they also happen to be vampires. For longer than they can remember, these child vampires have lived a life of eternal wonder amongst the ruins of humanity. But shocking events fracture the group and set them on a path of discovery that will shatter their innocence forever. Lord of The Flies meets vampires in the first volume of a bold new ongoing series from JEFF LEMIRE & DUSTIN NGUYEN, the Eisner-winning...

They are the last children on Earth...who also happen to be vampires. For longer than they can remember, these child vampires have lived a life of eternal wonder amongst the ruins of humanity. But shocking events fracture the group and set them on a path of discovery that will shatter their innocence forever. Their ultimate survival depends on their ability to work together against the humans. It's Lord of the Flies meets vampires in an oversized...

After a pandemic strikes, a dorm complex at a small American college is quarantined with all of the students trapped within. What first starts out as youthful freedom from authority soon devolves into a violent new society - it's Lord of the Flies on a college campus. From writer Clay McLeod Chapman (Spider-Verse, Ultimate Spider-Man, American Vampire, Vertigo Quarterly), whose most recent play, "Stump Speeches," was a New York Times Critics' Pick;...

In a vault beneath the Mediterranean Sea, a creature from myth and folklore sleeps. Government agents David Coswell and Hannah Martin join forces to find and study the creature with the hopes of harnessing its power for their country's good. Accidentally, they release the creature and London is plunged into chaos. Lawlessness and hedonism spread as Lord of the Flies regains his strength and uses violence and fear to build his new kingdom. David Coswell,...

After a pandemic strikes, a dorm complex at a small American college is quarantined with all of the students trapped within. What first starts out as youthful freedom from authority soon devolves into a violent new society--it's Lord of the Flies on a college campus. From writer Clay McLeod Chapman (Spider-Verse, Ultimate Spider-Man, American Vampire, Vertigo Quarterly), whose most recent play, "Stump Speeches," was a New York Times Critics' Pick;...

The Hellish hijinks continue, as Elvira and Faust go deeper and deeper into the Underworld. Will they escape judgment, or does the Lord of the Flies have something special waiting for them? It's Dante's Inferno with sex appeal and dirty jokes, in the next exciting issue of ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK, brought to you by David Avallone (Bettie Page) and Dave Acosta (Twelve Devils Dancing), the team who brought you Doc Savage: Ring of Fire and Twilight...

After preventing a nuclear crisis and revealing the plight of enslaved micedom to the human population, Amber, the valiant mouse wizard, and her partner Ben are ready for a rest. But Ever Shade, an ancient evil force has returned to Earth, and Belle Z. Bug, a giant mutant fly has hatched in a Los Angeles landfill. In the twitch of a whisker, Belle Z. Bug's seductive multilevel marketing campaign enslaves a massive army of unsuspecting flies and throws...

Cade, a teen raised alone in the wilderness, is thrust into civilization in this modern retelling of Tarzan. No one knows the forest better than Cade, who has spent his entire life there, foraging, hunting, and surviving. Raised to believe no one else is left in the world, he is shocked when he encounters Dara, a modern girl on a camping trip in his woods. And when an accident forces him back into society with her, he begins to question his entire...